Coca-Cola
- Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.
- Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world.
- In 1886, Coca-Cola was first served at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia for only five cents a glass. A pharmacist named John Pemberton created the formula for Coca-cola.
- In 1929, the Coca-Cola slogan was "The Pause That Refreshes."
- The Coca Cola Company offers more than 300 different beverages
- Coca-Cola is the world's most recognizable trademark...recognized by 94% of the world's population.
- Mexico and Iceland have the highest per capita consumption of Coca-Cola.
- The highly confidential formula is as much a secret today as it was 100 years ago. Only a few trusted company employees know its true contents, proper order and measure of mixing. The formula, known as merchandise "7X", is kept in a box in a special security vault in a bank in the United States.
- The tallest Coca-Cola bottling plants are in Hong Kong. The plant in Quarry Bay is 17 floors, and the plant in Shatin is 25 floors.
- Coca-Cola translated to Chinese means, "To make mouth happy".
- It took 58 years (until 1944) to sell the first billion gallons of Coca-Cola syrup. Today, that billion gallon mark falls every 7-1/2 months.